A community-based participatory study investigating the epidemiology and effects of rabies to livestock owners in rural Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Okell, C N ^a   Pinchbeck, G P ^a   Stringer, A P ^a   Tefera, G ^b   Christley, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Livestock; Participatory epidemiology; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; RABIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869875697     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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